consentient

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But, with the catchwords of Utilitarianism ringing in their ears, the commentators ran straight contrary to the true teaching of the Protagoras, consentient as it is with that of the Phaedo and the Philebus.

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This principle is often illustrated in the independent yet consentient testimony of the whole body of the Cursives and later Uncials61.

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It will be admitted that the consentient testimony of persons in every stage of belief and prejudice, of ignorance and learning, cannot agree, as it does agree, by virtue of some "fluctuation of public opinion".

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If that witness is consentient, or very nearly so, whether for or against any given reading, I hold it to be decisive.

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It seems impossible to represent in human speech, or by any symbols intelligible to the human mind, the variety and immensity of this consentient testimony of all historic time and place.

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